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Engine radiator VALEO or OEM BMW
The stock piece lasts well over a decade in my experience. That's more than enough for me for a part that fits and functions perfectly.
Pros: lasts over decade, perfect fit, functions perfectly
Vehicle:
BMW
My NA 1.4 OE failed (long time ago) because of aluminium tubing corrosion (brine). So replacement Valeo got paint treatment . So far 100k km without problems.
Pros: 100k km without problems
Cons: aluminium tubing corrosion
Mileage: 100000 km
OEM radiator. Replaced radiator on visit 5 (today). Bmw closed loop network is what eventually led to the radiator being checked as they’ve seen aftermarket radiators actually cool the cars too much, therefore sending the tstat fault in cold weather (this issue occurred first last winter for me, then again 5 times this winter.. all same fault code). Confidence that this is the root cause fix seems to be high so fingers crossed I won’t be updating this in a few days.
Pros: actual solution, high confidence fix
Vehicle:
BMW
I have a 2008 e90 335xi FBO with 197k miles and I am still on my original BMW radiator. If the stock original BMW stamped one works well... why experiment?
Pros: excellent longevity, works well
Vehicle:
BMW
Mileage: 317041 km
I replaced my radiator several times, always due to corrosion at the bottom edge where brine accumulates. Last time I replaced it for Valeo and for sure it had same design as your "new", which is a stamped aluminium sheets stuck on cylindrical piping. So far so good.
Pros: stamped aluminium sheets
Cons: corrosion at bottom edge
Worked well on my Valeo radiator, let it soak 10 min and a lot of very brown water came out. No leaks, cools better.
Pros: no leaks, cools better
my valeo radiator didn't come with anything.. im just hoping it doesn't leak from that zone.
Cons: hoping it doesn't leak
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta IV
bmw makes a sad excuse of a cooling system with brittle plastic, sad plastic joins and a pathetic plastic and metal radiator, like that's gonna last
Cons: brittle plastic, sad joins, pathetic radiator
During Covid a lot of brand new genuine BMW parts had some issues so I had to change my radiator twice, was covered by BMW dealer after loads of back and forth. (There’s two part numbers for B48 engine main radiators and the dealer said the part number used was not meant for the car but the other radiator clearly wouldn’t fit)
Cons: parts had issues, changed twice
Vehicle:
BMW
I've replaced a radiator on a BMW 2018 3 Series with as little as 22k miles. This particular vehicle was leaking from the side tank of the rad, where the plastic is crimped to the aluminum. Nothing abnormal could be seen, just the crimp failed.
Cons: leaking from side tank
Vehicle:
BMW
Mileage: 35405 km
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